Venue

Christ the Servant King Church, Sycamore Road

Topics discussed

Up-coming events

• Stall at the Ark Café in Marlow Methodist church on 4^th Oct
• Stall at Sunnybank Methodist church in Downley on Oct 8th
• Fairtrade stall on Oct 19^th and Fairtrade quiz on Oct 22^nd, both at Christ the Servant King church
• 2 group members visiting Kelkheim in Germany as part of the Wycombe/Kelkheim Town Twinning 40^th anniversary celebrations – hope to further the Fairtrade link between the towns
• Taking part in a video at Hazlemere Co-op on Nov 19^th – group members to talk about how the £50 donation from Midcounties Co-op was used
• Group member will talk about Fairtrade at the Creation Care meeting at All Saints church on Oct 20^th
• Serving refreshments at the Mayor’s Carol Concert on Dec 7^th

International Fair Trade Towns conference (Edinburgh 29^th Aug – 1^st Sept)

• Very well organised – speakers and social events were very good
• There is a lot of Fairtrade support in the Scottish government
• Delegates challenged to bring a young person to next year’s conference in Belgium

AOB

• To approach the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fairtrade
• To select 3 of the main 5 themes from the Edinburgh conference for the group to focus on next year

Next meeting

Tues 4^th November – Christ the Servant King church at

                           7.30pm